In the department of WTF, NH State Representative Gary Wheaton (R-Seabrook) resigned his seat after being stopped for reckless driving while his license was suspended. From WMUR,
Police said Wheaton made a U-turn and went around a construction barricade when the officer tried to pull him over. When Wheaton stopped and the officer approached his car, Wheaton identified himself as a state representative and made some other comments to the officer, but police wouldn't say what those comments were.
NH state reps have special legislative license plates. Wheaton's car did not have them at the time of the stop.
Wheaton was also charged with a traffic control device violation, which is typically issued to a driver accused of running a stop sign or traffic light or failing to yield. His license was suspended on Jan. 28 after he pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering the lives and safety of the public in Londonderry, according to court documents.
Wheaton was originally charged with driving under the influence of liquor back in September , but that charge was dropped and he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.
This is the hammer, though:
Wheaton said that he does not want to accuse anyone, but he's concerned that the traffic stops happened because he is a Republican who voted against collective bargaining.
Yeah, right. He is accusing the police of having ulterior motives. Well, he joins the rep who wanted to send the disabled to Siberia, the majority leader who called the Bishop of Manchester a pedophile pimp because he spoke out on behalf of the poor, the rep who said cancer patients should hold fundraisers to pay their medical bills...on and on. How low can it go? I don't know.
